Chadwick Boseman receives posthumous Gotham Award nomination for ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
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The 1927-set film, directed by Tony Award-winning theater czar George C. Wolfe, stars Viola Davis in the titular role of as “the mother of the blues.” Boseman’s final role as her hot-headed trumpet player (with killer appeal) LeVee has already drawn Oscar buzz.
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